Indicators Analysis

Global Economic Indicators

Title Unit Description
HIPC

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

Exchange rate
None

The price of a currency expressed in another.

Discount rate
%

interest rate used to convert a future income stream to its present value

Inflation
%

Rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (Wikipedia 2012)

GHI (daily average)

Title Unit Description
Mean Annual GHI
kWh/m2/d

Annual average GHI value throughout the country

GHI More than 7 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) higher than 7 kWh/m2/d

GHI 5.5 - 6 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) between 5 and 6 kWh/m2/d

GHI 6 - 6.5 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) between 6 and 6.5 kWh/m2/d

GHI 0 - 5 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) lower than 5 kWh/m2/d

GHI 6.5 - 7 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) between 6.5 and 7 kWh/m2/d

GHI 5 - 5.5 kWh/m2/d range in % of the territory
%

% of the national territory (surface) with an estimated annual average Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) between 5 and 5.5 kWh/m2/d

Solar PV Ongrid Capacity

Title Unit Description
Solar PV Installed Capacity
Mega Watt

Total installed Capacity of Solar PV power plants connected to the National electricity grid

Solar PV Energy production
megaWh

Quantity of electricity generated from PV power plants connected to the National electricity grid

Solar PV Off Grid Capacity

Title Unit Description
Solar PV Off Grid Installed Capacity
Mega Watt

Installed Capacity of Solar PV power plants not connected to the National electricity grid

Solar PV (Off Grid) Electricity Purchase Price

Approved Purchase price of electricity generated from Solar PV power plants not connected to the National electricity grid

Solar PV (Off Grid) Energy production
megaWh

Quantity of electricity generated  from Solar PV power plants not connected to the National electricity grid

Wind Speed

Title Unit Description
4 - 2 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed between 4 and 2 m/s

6 - 4 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed between 6 and 4 m/s

Wind technical potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential coming from wind power obtained from the wind resource and the technical limitations of wind power plants

2 - 0 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed between 2 and 0 m/s

8 - 6 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed between 8 and 6 m/s

10 - 8 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed between 10 and 8 m/s

Mean Annual Wind Speed
m/s

Annual average wind speed value throughout the country

More than 10 m/s wind speed range in % of the territory
%

% of the National territory (surface) which has an estimated annual average wind speed higher than 10 m/s

Wind Capacity

Title Unit Description
Wind Electricity Purchase Price
XOF

Approved Purchase price of electricity generated from wind power plants

Number of wind pumping systems
units

Number of wind pumping systems

Installed Wind Power Capacity
Mega Watt

Total installed Capacity of wind power plants

Wind Energy production
megaWh

Quantity of electricity generated from wind power plants

Small Hydro Power Resource

Title Unit Description
Small Hydro Power Technical Potential
GHS

Theoretical electricity generation potential from SHP, obtained from SHP resource and the technical limitations of SHP plants

Number of Identified Potential SHP Plants
units

Number of identified potential Small Hydroelectric Power plants to be installed in a country

Identified SHP Capacity
Mega Watt

Identified Small Hydroelectric Power capacity to install

Small Hydro Power Capacity

Title Unit Description
SHP Electricity Purchase Price
XOF

Approved Purchase price of electricity generated from Small Hydroelectric Power.

SHP Installed Capacity
Mega Watt

Total Installed Capacity of Small Hydroelectric Power plants

SHP Energy Production
megaWh

Quantity of electricity generated from Small Hydroelectric Power

Bioenergy Resource

Title Unit Description
Slaughtery waste (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of slaughtery waste

Agro-industrial solid waste
tones

Solid Waste from biomass materials produced mainly from food and fibre processing industries

Urban liquid waste (sewage)
tones

Quantity of Sewage used for energy production

Slaughtery waste
tones

Slaughtery waste resources used for electricity generation

Animal manure
tones

Quantity of animal manure used for energy production

Forestry resources (wood)

Forestry Wood resources used for electricity generation

Urban solid waste (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of urban solid waste product

Forestry resources (wood) (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of forestry resources (wood)

Animal manure (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of animal manure 

Agro-industrial solid waste (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of agro-industrial solid waste 

Urban solid waste
tones

Solid Waste coming from all kinds of biomass materials produced in a urban areas

Urban liquid waste (sewage) (Lower Heating Value)
kcal/kg

Average Lower Heating Value of sewage

Forestry resources (wood) Technical Potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from forestry resources

Agricultural technical potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from agro-industrial solid waste

Urban Solid Waste Technical Potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from urban solid waste

Urban Liquid Waste Technical Potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from urban liquid waste

Animal manure Technical Potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from animal manure

Slaughtery waste Technical Potential
Mega Watt

Theoretical electricity generation potential from animal slaughtery waste product

Bioenergy Capacity

Title Unit Description
Bioenergy Installed Capacity
Mega Watt

Installed Capacity of power plants using bioenergy as main fuels

Bio-energy Production

Quantity of electricity generated from bio-energy resources

Bioenergy Electricity Purchase Price
XOF

Approved Purchase price of electricity generated from bio-energy resources

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